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You know looking at the 3rd photo, is that hole in the L shaped bracket threaded ? If it is, I'm guessing that would allow fine adjustments of the transducer angle.

I got mine from eBay. Not expensive but I got 2 rolls of the led strip about 5m long each. It has adhesive backing but my boat is fibreglass so I installed each length under each gunnel and dobbed silicone about each 0.5m to keep it in place. The strip is fully enclosed in some sort of clear soft rubbery material and I soldered the joins and then heat shrunk them as well The LED's I got change colour with a remote but I just leave them on blue, that suits my boat. Sorry about the odd angle of the photos it has changed the rotation after I uploaded?

Most likely something (some sort of lock screw thingy) that uses the hole has fallen off. can you get a good look at the slots where the side tabs fit into ? They could be full of crud salt sand etc.

Oh got it. Are the lugs part of the plastic L shaped part ? Maybe the lugs are worn ? There looks like a hole for a screw in the vertical face of the L shaped bracket in your second image, is the a screw missing or could you use that hole to screw the bracket in place ? Then you would still have the safety lift/bump action from the rubber washers.

G'day Berleyguts, I've got a transducer that's similar to yours. Are the rubber washers ok ? Maybe just undo the stainless locknut and screw seen in the photo so you can pull the rubber washers out to have a better look.

That's the info I would use. Nick, I had a quick look at the link you put up, is that where you purchased it from becacause I can't see any reference to a ducer being included ? Im guessing you will end up with something like a generic HSTWBL style ducer, then the instructions above from mob0103 would be a good start.

G'day Nick, if you search Google that should give you an idea of the rough place to install it. The basic idea is to have it not too close to the motor, and away from any messy wash from anything under the hull. But my main bit of advice would be to install either an adjustable mount (if available for your tranny) or before mounting the tranny, in the rough area pre install a wide mounting plate first to screw the tranny to on the hull. That way if you find the first position is not working then you can reposition it on the plate without making more holes in the transom. What sort of transducer do you have and I'll try find a diagram. Jamie

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What size/length is that boat ? If you're looking at a new outboard some of them now are the same weight at almost double the HP. Or conversely maybe you could get a outboard at 40HP with less weight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk